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Newest Studies

4/12, Can Raising the Minimum Wage Reduce Poverty and Hardship?
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11/11, Tip Credits and Employment in the U.S. Restaurant Industry
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7/11, An Offer You Can't Refuse: Estimating the Coverage Effects of the 2010 Affordable Care Act
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5/11, Unequal Harm: Racial Disparities in the Employment Consequences of Minimum Wage Increases
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3/11, Just Getting By? Income Dependence on Minimum Wage Jobs
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12/10, Failed Stimulus: Minimum Wage Increases and Their Failure to Boost Gross Domestic Product
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Press Releases & Op-Eds

5/9/12, New Analysis: Eliminating Tipped Wage Rate Would Kill Opportunities for Waiters and Waitresses in Illinois
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4/16/12, New Analysis: Average Family Income of NY Wage Hike Beneficiary Above $53,000 Per Year
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4/4/12, New Study: Minimum Wage Increases Have Failed To Help Low-Income Americans Pay Rent, Meet Monthly Expenses
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Letters to the Editor


5/30/11, Raising Minimum Wage Lowers Employment Rate
Times of Trenton
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5/15/11, Minimum Wage Worker Often Not Sole Breadwinner
The Capital Times
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5/14/11, Leave Minimum Wage Alone
The Star-Ledger
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